Drinking-fountain.



G. M. PAGE.

DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

- APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1. 191B.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

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DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FIITED JAN. 7. 19:8.

1376,258. Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

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flaw BY ATTORNEY To all whom it e fication.

GEORGE m. PAGE, or HIAYD'ENVIIQLE, massnonusnr'rs, assien'oa'ro THEIHAYDEN- VILLE COMPANY, -01 HAYIOENVILLE, .MASSAOHUSETTS, A. CORPORATION OF NEW:

Wn: 1 Be it known that fI GEORGE M. PAGE, a citizen of the United'States of America, residing at Haydenville, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts,

have invented a lawand useful Drin'king Fountain, of which'the following is a speclinvention relates to improvements in M. 'drinlring fountains of the type known as sanitary, and resides in a bowl and a nozzle 4 of peculiar construction, the bowl being hereinafter-set forth. Y

- The objects of my invention are, first, to produce a simple, durable, comparatively inexpensive,-and highl efiicient fountain,

'- provided at the top with- 'a guardfall as of the class describe which Jthrows a stream of-water at an an le, orprojects such stream laterally away rom the nozzle of. the fountain, instead of straight upward, to

the'end that the drinking point 1s .remote from the vertical plane of the. dischargeorifice in or the outlet ofjsaid nozzle, and no water that has touched the lips of a per son drinking can [come into contact with:

said outlet; second, to provide such a fountain with means whereby the nozzle or its outlet is protected fromthe lips of one that can readily be installed by connecting meansof a sleeve 11 with which said nozzle while in the act of ta jg a drink; and, third, to provide a fountain of this kind the same with suitable supply .and waste 1 pipes or equivalent members as usual; and Y equipped with the" customary pressure-regulatlng and valve-controlling means.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course-of the following description.

Iattain the objects .and secure the advantages of my invention by the means'illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- I El e 1 is a top plan of-a sanitary drinking ountain WhlGh embodies a practical form of, my invention; Fig. 2, a central,- vertical section through said fountain, taken on lines 20-:20, 'looking in the direction of the associated arrow, in Fig-{1, and, Fig. 53, a similar section showing two noz zles. with theirgappurtenances instead of one.

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similar parts throughout the several views. Thisfountain consists b adly and genernnmxr ve-rounrnm Pasta Aug. 20,1918.

I Specification of Letters latent. Application filed January 7, 1918,. a mo. 2101656.

of a bowl, as 1, a guard rail,

as-2, mounted thereon, and of a nozzle arranged 'in' said bowl on the. bottom thereof,

at one side of theaxial center ofsaid bowl and'with theaxi'al center-of said nozzle ob- Th bowl 1 i" designed and adapted as mounted on a supply and waste casing (not 5 shown), which casing. or the supply pipe therein is provided with the necessaryor desired elements'of regulation andcontrol, of

.65 nular flange 3,"on-the underside of what may .be termed the-base Lfofthe bowI1', isprousual and well-known construction, An anvidedto fit around the top-of .the aforesaid I casing, upon which latter said base is adapted to rest, and a central, vertical,fscrewthreaded opening 5,1in said base, is provided for the upper terminal of the; aforesaid supply. pipe. A waste passagefi, in the base 4-,

opens at the top through'the-bottom of the bowl 1', and at the lower end "into the space within thekflange 3., A'passage 7 radiates from the upper end of the opening 5, and from the outer end of said passage a passage 8 extends upwardly through the bottom of the bowl 1 and through a nipple 9 which "-rises from said bottom inside of said bowl.

Theaxis common to'the passage 8 and the I nipple Qisoblique tothejax-is comm-on to the openmg 5and the bowl. 1 Y

A nozzlelO is attached to the'nipple'. 9 by is provided or onto which it is screwed. The sleevell is screwed onto the-nipple 9, and

said sleeve is provided within the nozzle 10 with a dome 12 in the walls-of which are openings or perforations 113. The upper, outlet end of the nozzle 10," above the dome,

12, is constricted as usual.- The base of the nozzle 10 is threaded to the upper portion of the sleeve 11 adjacent to the base of the dome 12-. Water entering the oblique pas-' sage; 8 passes throughtheupperpart of the sleeve 11 into the dome 12, and escapes from the. latter through the ,openin'gs 13 into the nozzle 10, from the upper,: ope n end of which. .-nozzle said water is'ex-pelled or.projected.--

The perforated dome 12 protects the interior of the supplymembers from foreign substances or matter that might, by accident f I I .105 the nozzle and said 6.91119 B1V653$ or design, find the way or be introduced into nationiby such means,

a check on the water or a means to control the flow of the same, in addition to such other means as may be provided for that special purpose.

The axis of the nipple 9 is the same as that which is common to the sleeve 11 and nipple 10.

It will now be seen that the supply of;

water to the fountain enters at the opening 5 and passes through the passages 7 and 8 and the continuation of the passage 8 in the sleeve'll and dome 12, through the openings 13, and out throughthe nozzle 10. It i will be seen further, that, owing to the loregulated, by the means to which reference has been made, to insure the deflection of said stream to the'necessary extent before the Water is projected beyond theedge of the bowl. A stream of water and its possible course are indicated by broken line at 14:, in Fig. 2. The point at which the mouth is applied to the stream of water for drinking purposes is, for obviously necessary reasons,

and especially in view of the presence of the guard rail 2, at such a distance from the outlet of the nozzle 10 that no portion of said stream with which the lips of the person drinking come in contact does or can return -'to the orifice whence the stream comes, that is to say, the said outlet of the nozzle. The stream 14 rises obliquely from the nozzle 10 and is projected to a point approximately above the center of the bowl 1, at or a little beyond which point preferably the'mouth is applied for drinking purposes. After passing the aforesaid point the stream 14: describes a more or less sharp curve and falls into the bowl 1 at some distance from the nozzle 10; The water in the bowl escapes through the passage 6. I

The guard rail 2, which is annular, is supported from a flanged ring 15 by a plurality of radial,.oblique arms 16, said ring being screwed on to therim ofthe bowl 1, and

' said rail being smaller in diameter than said rim. This annularrail, supported as it is above the bowl and being smaller than said bowla't the top and of a size suitable-for the. purpose, prevents the head of a person from being thrust-into the bowl in an endeavor to "apply thelips directly .to the nozzle lO, and

so protects thelatter from possible contami falling-teta us said mars es mouth. This fountain is, therefore, entirely sanitary in the particulars herein polnted out.

The ring 15 should be screwed on to the bowl 1 so tightlythat its removal, by the perlocated exactly and always directly over or in line with the axial center of the bowl 1, a

plurality of nozzles 10 and the appurtenances for the same maybe provided,.as shown in Fig. 3, wherein two nozzles and the supporting parts therefor are provided and arranged on opposite sides of said axial center.

The axes-of the two nozzles are inclined to-- ward each other so that they intersect at a point directly over the center of the bowl,

said axes being in the same vertical plane. The streams discharged from these nozzles therefore intersect and rise as a single stream in line with the axial center of the bowl, and the drinking point is at or a lit- .tle above the place of intersection. The

water in descending into the bowl falls be- In the Fig. 3 construction the horizontal passage 7 is lengthened or extended in both directions to connect with both passages 8.

Any increase in the number of nozzles and f their supporting parts is mere duplication and does not change the invention in any way, j

More or less change in the shape, size, construction, or arrangement of some or all of the parts of the fountain, in addition to the duplication or multiplication of the di charge members, may be made without eparting vfrom the spirit of my invention.

.Iam aware that'means in drinking fountains for projecting a stream or a plurality passage thereinand provided in the bottom with a'mpplewhich rises from and stands above said bottom, said nipple being located at a poi'ntremotefrom the center of said bowl, and communicating through said passage with said. inlet, and a nozzle attached 130 to and extending above said nipple and em ranged with its axis oblique to the axis of said bowl. I

2. A drinking fountain comprising abowlhaving a bottom inlet and a lateral passage therein and provided in the bottom with a' nipple which rises from and stands above said bottom, said nipple being located at a point remote from the center of said bowl, and communicating through said passage with said inlet, 'a sleeve mounted on said nipple, said sleeve having a perforated dome, and a nozzle mounted on said sleeve and arranged with its axis oblique to the axis of said bowl, said sleeve and nozzle extending above said nipple.

I 3. A drinking fountain having a base with a central bottom inlet and a'lateral passage therein, and provided in the bottom at one side of the center with a nipple which communicates with said passage, a removable sleeve mounted on said nipple, said sleeve having a perforated dome, and a nozzle mounted on and removable from said sleeve,

said nipple, sleeve and nozzle being arranged so that the axis common to such members is oblique to the axis of said bowl, and said sleeve and nozzle extending abcge said nipple.

4. A drinking fountain comprising a bowl having a base with inlet passages therein, and provided in the bottom at one side of the center with a nipple which communicates With said passages, a sleeve mounted on said nipple, said sleeve having a perforated dome, a nozzle mounted. on said sleeve, said nipple, sleeve and nozzle being arranged so that the axis common to such members is oblique to the axis of said bowl, and a guard consisting of a ring mounted .on the rim of said bowl, an annular railfand arms between said ring and rail.

GEORGE M. PAGE.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. HILL,

G. A. COOPER. 

